You see, this restaurant went in around the corner from our office a little over a year ago.
You have probably heard of it.
It isn't some cute, unique place.
It doesn't have great ambiance.
It's not necessarily where you would take a date, or hold a grand celebration.
It's just a chain restaurant...it's Jimmy Johns.
They serve sub sandwiches...well, other things I am sure, but mainly sub sandwiches.
And they have this little principle they operate by...FREAKY FAST SUBS.
Well, in addition to that they do this thing called delivery!
Not just ordinary delivery, but order online, click submit and within minutes my sub is delivered to my office.
Like literally the other day, I clicked the button, found a $2 tip in my purse, walked out to the main entrance of my building, and Mr. Freaky Fast Jimmy Johns was pulling up with my sub (ok, and my soda and my BBQ chips!).
So...my confession...yeah...well, I have this little habit of ordering a sub at least once a week from them.
It is just so easy, so fast, so convenient.
Not healthy for me. Not getting me out of my office to eat. Not helping my muffin top.
But...easy, convenient, and freaky fast!!!!
So, I was thinking...
Sometimes my relationship with God becomes stuck in this rut.
Sometimes when I am dealing with God I want easy.
I want convenient.
I want freaky fast!
But, you see God isn't always freaky fast!
His timing is not always my timing.
His ways can be messy and long and drawn out.
There are days, weeks, seasons where I wonder,
"Hello, God...where are you? I placed my order days ago!"
And in all honesty, there are times when I am like,
"Um God...I telephoned in my request over an hour ago...could you please deliver now!!!"
I think we live in a time when we, and even more so, probably my children, expect immediate results.
We want things now.
We live in a Google era right...answers at the touch of a button.
Within seconds we have access to information, people, answers from all over the world.
And we expect it in our lives...in every part of our lives...
immediate results, instantaneous answers, freaky fast!
So waiting...waiting on God...well, it becomes problematic.
It is tough.
It is messy, and troubling, and sometimes time consuming.
It is exactly the reason we as Christians have to have this little thing called:
FAITH!
I don't know where you are today.
I don't know what you might be waiting on.
I am not sure what order you placed with God my dear sister...
but I can assure you of this...
The cheesecake at cheesecake factory that takes much much longer to arrive at the table will always out score the Jimmy Johns Freaky Fast sub in my book!
And...God's response...as slow as it may seem...well, you can be assured it will also top Freaky Fast any day!!!!
"Be on your guard [constantly alert], and watch and pray;
for you do not know when the time will come."
(And Doug, if you are still reading...I promise to try to cut my order from Jimmy John's down!!) Really I do!
And to my dear, dear follower, Madonna...thank you for the kick in the pants this week! I love ya my sister!
Jen
